Bats

Bats are common summer residents of southern and central Yukon. Colonies of just a few individuals to several hundred occupy natural and artificial roosts. They range as far north as the Ogilvie and Wernecke mountains (between 64° and 65° north), north of Mayo, and the Yukon River, northwest of Dawson City.

Telling bats apart is difficult unless you have one in hand, something we don’t recommend. But, unless you live in the extreme southeast of Yukon, you can expect to see only the hardy Little Brown Bat.

Bats often introduce themselves to us by moving into our roofs, attics, eaves or walls of cabins and houses, where they scratch, squeak and leave droppings.

You can help bats by learning more about their secretive lives, putting up a bat house, and reading and sharing the Yukon Bats booklet (2.1 MB PDF).

For more information on bats and other Yukon wildlife, contact:

Wildlife Viewing Program

Environment Yukon

Box 2703

Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6

Phone (867) 667-8291, Fax (867) 393-6263

Toll free in Yukon 1-800-661-0408, ext. 8291

wildlife.viewing@gov.yk.ca

www.environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/viewing